August 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Learning to Pray in the Barn
PrayerSpiritual Awakening
The lantern, the cows, and the prayers I could finally pray out loud.
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Memorized prayers had carried me a long way. But that winter, in the warm dark of the barn, I began to speak to God the way I spoke to my own father — plainly, slowly, with long silences in between.
He was not offended by my plainness. I think He had been waiting for it.